Two injured in fiery crash in North Harwich

A man was seriously injured in a fiery crash on Depot Street after police spotted him driving a sport utility vehicle at a high rate of speed through the area early Sunday morning.

By PATRICK CASSIDY

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By PATRICK CASSIDY

Posted Jul. 28, 2014 at 2:00 AM

By PATRICK CASSIDY
Posted Jul. 28, 2014 at 2:00 AM

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HARWICH — A man was seriously injured in a fiery crash on Depot Street after police spotted him driving a sport utility vehicle at a high rate of speed through the area early Sunday morning.

Harwich police were called for a possible domestic disturbance on Main Street in North Harwich at 2:20 a.m., according to a statement from police.

A police officer on patrol on Depot Road in West Harwich who was responding to the call spotted a black SUV exit Center Street onto Depot Street in Dennisport and travel north at a high rate of speed, according to the statement.

After losing sight of the SUV the officer stopped at the intersection of Depot Street and Great Western Road, according to the statement.

The officer then heard the SUV accelerate and spotted it go through a four-way stop sign at the intersection of Depot Street and Main Street in North Harwich, according to police.

The officer radioed dispatch to alert Brewster police, lost sight of the SUV again and then found long skid marks going off the right side of the road where the SUV had traveled through two yards, into a car in a driveway and then into a tree, according to police.

Harwich police officers put out a fire in the engine compartment of the SUV and rendered care to the male driver and a male passenger, according to police.

The driver had to be extricated from the SUV by Harwich fire personnel and was taken to Barnstable Municipal Airport where he was taken by medical helicopter to an off-Cape hospital, according to police.

The passenger was taken to Cape Cod Hospital.

The accident is under investigation by members of the Cape Cod Regional Law Enforcement Council Crash Reconstruction Team and members of the Harwich Police Department, according to the statement.

The driver will face numerous motor vehicle violations, according to police.

Police did not provide any further information as of Sunday evening, including the driver's name or whether he or his passenger was connected to the original domestic disturbance call.